rìbhinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rígan (“queen”) (compare Irish ríon), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrˠiːvɪɲ/

Noun

rìbhinn f (genitive singular rìbhinne, plural rìbhinnean)

1. (poetic) maiden, girl, young lady

   Synonyms: ainnir, cailin, gruagach, maighdeann, nighean, òigh

   A rìbhinn òg, bheil cuimhn' agad? ― Young maiden, do you remember?

2. (archaic) queen

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “rìbhinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rígan, rígain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language